AIG Program
AIG Coordinator: Wanda Smith
Location:
Booker T. Washington Learning Center
401 Moss Street, Reidsville, NC 27320
Phone: 336-634-3209, ext. 49221
Fax: 336-634-3260
The Identification/Placement Team at elementary and middle schools are in the process of re-evaluating students who are currently identified as AIG students. The I/P Teams is also considering new student placements. No student is exited from the program unless requested by the parent. Any parent, teacher, student, or community member who has academic knowledge of the student can submit a student's name to the school's AIG specialist for possible consideration as placement in the AIG Program. In order for a student to be placed in the Academically or Intellectually Gifted Program, the placement criteria must be met.
Vision Statement
Rockingham County Schools’ AIG Program and its stakeholders will prepare students to be successful lifelong learners. The program will draw on higher order thinking skills and incorporate the use of 21st century learning tools to enhance and differentiate curriculum, cultivate student potential, and encourage passionate learning in order to meet all students’ unique social, emotional, and academic needs.
Visión de las Escuelas del Condado de Rockingham para el Programa Local de Estudiantes Intelectual y/o Académicamente Dotados: El Programa de Estudiantes Intelectual y/o Académicamente Dotados y sus Participantes se encargaran de preparar que los estudiantes para que se conviertan en Aprendices Exitosos de por Vida. El programa se enfocará en habilidades de razonamiento de alto orden e incorporará el uso de herramientas de aprendizaje del Siglo 21 para mejorar y diferenciar el currículo, cultivar el potencial de los estudiantes e incentivar la pasión por el aprendizaje con el fin de satisfacer todas las necesidades sociales, emocionales, y académicas de los estudiantes.
Mission Statement
The Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted (AIG) program of the Rockingham County School System strives to identify and meet the unique educational needs of gifted students who come from all ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic groups. The cultivation of potential in this population must be enhanced through an appropriate match of differentiated services to individual needs as we strive to prepare the students for success in the 21st century. The program encourages higher order thinking and problem solving while also addressing the social and emotional needs of the students.
Misión del programa de estudiantes con talentos académicos e intelectuales - El programa de talento académico-intelectual del sistema del condado de las escuelas de Rockingham, se esfuerza por identificar y cumplir con las necesidades educacionales únicas de estudiantes con talento académico que vienen de todo tipo de grupos étnicos, culturales y socioeconómicos. El cultivo de potencial en estos grupos debe mejorar a través de servicios diversos adecuados para cada una de las necesidades de cada alumno y así esforzarnos para preparar estudiantes exitosos del siglo 21. El programa fomenta maneras de pensar y solución de problemas mas avanzados al mismo tiempo que se toman en cuenta las necesidades sociales y emocionales de los estudiantes
Definition
Academically or intellectually gifted students perform or show the potential to perform at substantially high levels of accomplishment when compared with others of their age, experience, or environment. Academically or intellectually gifted students exhibit high performance capability in intellectual areas, specific academic fields, or in both intellectual areas and specific academic fields. Academically or intellectually gifted students require differentiated educational services beyond those ordinarily provided by the regular educational program. Outstanding abilities are present in students from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor. (From Article 9-B)
Definición - Estudiantes con talentos académicos e intelectuales desempeñan o demuestran su potencial para realizar niveles muy avanzados de logros cuando se comparan con los de otros estudiantes que son de la misma edad, o que tienen la misma experiencia y medio de desarrollo. Estudiantes con talentos académicos e intelectuales demuestran habilidades de alto rendimiento en áreas intelectuales, campos académicos específicos o en ambos campos académicos y áreas intelectuales. Estudiantes con talentos intelectuales y académicos necesitan servicios educativos más avanzados y diferentes a los programas de educación regular. Se hacen presentes habilidades extraordinarias en estudiantes de todo tipo de grupos culturales, niveles económicos y en todo tipo de áreas que el ser humano sea capaz de desarrollar. (Del articulo 9-B)
North Carolina Gifted Law (Article 9B)
For twenty-five years North Carolina has been a leader in advocacy and legislation for providing an appropriate education for academically gifted students. In August 1996, the General Assembly passed new legislation which changed gifted education in the state. The law, Article 9B, created a multi-tiered system of responsibility and accountability for building a foundation for North Carolina's gifted children. All parts of the foundation — the State Board of Education, the Department of Public Instruction, the local board of education and its system's administration, teachers, parents, and the community — must work together to support the state's high-potential children. The students themselves have also been given responsibility for using the options and support available to them and for working to demonstrate successful performance. (NCAGT website - www.ncagt.org )
As the AIG Department continues to meet our students' needs, we welcome suggestions and comments. Please contact Wanda Smith at wsmith2@rock.k12.nc.us.
